Priorities in Critical Care Nursing

by Urden, Linda Diann; Stacy, Kathleen M.; Urden, Linda Diann; Stacy, Kathleen M.

• ISBN13: 9780323010009
• ISBN10: 0323010008
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

PRIORITIES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING succinctly addresses all the topics crucial to students or beginning critical care nurses. Designed for 9-13 week critical care classes, this new edition prepares the reader to integrate the technology of critical care with psychosocial concerns in order to provide high-quality nursing care. Discussions of pathophysiology, disorders, medical, and nursing management are research-based. Covering everything from the foundations of critical care nursing practice to nursing management, the reader will easily identify essential information with the help of special callout boxes throughout the text. Each nursing management plan incorporates nursing diagnosis, etiologic or related factors, clinical manifestations, and interventions with rationales, all liberally cross-referenced throughout the book. Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8174-553-7

Table of Contents

Unit One Foundations of Critical Care Nursing Practice
Nursing Process and Collaborative Care	2	(7)
Linda D. Urden
Legal and Ethical Issues	9	(12)
Linda D. Urden
Patient and Family Education	21	(7)
Linda D. Urden
Unit Two Common Problems in Critical Care
Psychosocial Alterations	28	(9)
Ruth N. Grendell
Sleep Alterations	37	(8)
Linda D. Urden
Nutritional Alterations	45	(24)
Mary Courtney Moore
Gerontologic Alterations	69	(15)
Jeannine Forrest
Pain Management	84	(15)
Lynne Jett
Unit Three Cardiovascular Alterations
Cardiovascular Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures	99	(47)
Jennifer N. Bloomquist
Martha J. Love
Cardiovascular Disorders	146	(37)
Mimi O'Donnell
Joni Dirks
Cardiovascular Therapeutic Management	183	(28)
Joni Dirks
Unit Four Pulmonary Alterations
Pulmonary Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures	211	(13)
Kathleen M. Stacy
Jeanne M. Maiden
Pulmonary Disorders	224	(23)
Kathleen M. Stacy
Pulmonary Therapeutic Management	247	(19)
Kathleen M. Stacy
Unit Five Neurologic Alterations
Neurologic Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures	266	(11)
Beverly Means Carlson
Neurologic Disorders	277	(19)
Beverly Means Carlson
Neurologic Therapeutic Management	296	(11)
Kathleen A. Mendez
Unit Six Renal Alterations
Renal Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures	307	(9)
Mary Schira
Renal Disorders and Therapeutic Management	316	(21)
Judith R. Glann
Unit Seven Gastrointestinal Alterations
Gastrointestinal Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures	337	(9)
Nancy McLaughlin
Gastrointestinal Disorders and Therapeutic Management	346	(18)
Nancy McLaughlin
Unit Eight Endocrine Alterations
Endocrine Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures	364	(8)
JoAnn M. Clark
Endocrine Disorders and Therapeutic Management	372	(24)
JoAnn M. Clark
Unit Nine Multisystem Alterations
Trauma	396	(19)
Karen L. Johnson
Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome	415	(93)
Kathleen M. Stacy
Lorraine Fitzsimmons
Unit Ten Nursing Management Plans of Care
Nursing Management of Patient Education	442	(2)
Nursing Management of Psychosocial Alterations	444	(14)
Nursing Management of Sleep Alterations	458	(2)
Nursing Management of Nutritional Alterations	460	(1)
Nursing Management Related to Pain	461	(4)
Nursing Management of Cardiovascular Alterations	465	(6)
Nursing Management of Pulmonary Alterations	471	(8)
Nursing Management of Neurologic Alterations	479	(6)
Nursing Management of Renal Alterations	485	(3)
Nursing Management of Gastrointestinal Alterations	488	(2)
Nursing Management of Endocrine Alterations	490	(2)
Nursing Management Related to Trauma	492	(2)
Nursing Management of Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome	494	(3)
Appendices
A Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Guidelines	497	(11)
B Physiologic Formulas for Critical Care	508